Lafayette Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

For the station at South Portland Avenue & Fulton Street, see Lafayette Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line).

Lafayette Avenue
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address	Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Fort Greene
Division	B (BMT) [1]
Line	BMT Fulton Street Line BMT Brighton Line (until 1920)
Services	None
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 24, 1888;136 years ago (1888-04-24)
Closed	June 1, 1940;84 years ago (1940-06-01)
Traffic
2023	[2]
Rank	out of 423 [2]
Station succession
Next west	Flatbush Avenue
Next east	Cumberland Street
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Lafayette Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. The Fulton Street Elevated was built by the Kings County Elevated Railway Company and this station started service on April 24, 1888. ^{[3] [4] [5]} The station had 2 tracks and 1 island platform. ^[6] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line. The station was located east of the BMT Fifth Avenue Line, but had no connection to that elevated line. It was also located north of the Flatbush Avenue station of the Long Island Rail Road, now known as the Atlantic Terminal, and had no connections there either. ^[7]

This station was served by steam locomotives between 1888 and 1899. In 1898, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) absorbed the Kings County Elevated Railway, and it took over the Fulton Street El, and it was electrified on July 3, 1899. ^[8] It closed on June 1, 1940, ^[4] when all service from Fulton Ferry and Park Row to Rockaway Avenue was abandoned, as it came under city ownership. ^[5] Though the Fulton Street subway became the replacement for the Fulton Street Elevated, the closest station to the site of Lafayette Avenue station is actually Fulton Street station on the IND Crosstown Line.

References

1. "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
2. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
3. "General Jourdan Congratulated on an Anspicious Opening of His Line–Rapid Transit on Fulton Street at Last". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 24, 1888. Retrieved February 19, 2016– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progress at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016– via Newspapers.com.
5. "www.nycsubway.org: The Fulton Street Elevated (Brooklyn)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
6. "Fulton Street Elevated Line". April 8, 2013. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
7. 1912 BMT Route Map (NYCSubway.org)
8. "THE FULTON EL (A TRAIN)". www.robertkopolovicz.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016.